Hmm, a stance has to be made clear.
Liang Yuening scowled fiercely.
The chubby girl blinked her eyes rapidly, almost crying out of fright from this "Fifth Brother-in-law."
"Fifth, Fifth Brother-in-law... I, I am Dong Xinyuan, do you recognize me? I’m Dong Xinyuan from Daliu Village!"
Liang Yuening was stunned all of a sudden.
The chubby girl thought, could Fifth Brother-in-law have misunderstood something?
He... he is her eldest sister’s fiancé, how could she dare to harbor any desires?
However, Dong Xinyuan was a bit curious.
She knew her eldest sister’s temperament better than anyone.
Before her sister married into the Liang family, there were several instances when she went mad and almost strangled herself and her younger brother. Even their parents had suffered on account of this. After her sister went to the Liang family, although Dong Xinyuan stayed in Daliu Village, she had also heard about how her sister mistreated the Liang family.
At that time, she even secretly felt sympathy for the Liang family.
But six months ago, her mother came back half-dead from outside and afterwards told her that her sister had changed; her temperament had improved. The six brothers-in-law treated her deeply and loyally. Only, something happened that made her sister leave the whole family behind and run away by herself.
"Fifth Brother, who is this person?"
Yixuan saw Fifth Brother looking as if he was dreaming, almost floating back, with a huge tail following him.
The chubby girl’s plump cheeks were filled with an anxious expression.
Liang Yuening looked at Yixuan and suddenly snapped back to reality.
His eyes bright, he grabbed Yixuan by the arm, "Fifth Brother-in-law, Fifth Brother-in-law!"
Yixuan was rarely confused for a moment.
At that moment, the plump Dong Xinyuan, wearing a forced, awkward smile on her face, said, "This must be Sixth Brother-in-law, right? Brother-in-law Little Liu, I come from Daliu Village. I am Dong Xinyuan, the second sister of the Dong family, and Dong Dabao is my sister!"
Yixuan was confused again, but then his gaze fell on the small basket Dong Xinyuan was carrying, and he seemed to understand something in an instant.
He welcomed her inside, while glancing at Fifth Brother.
He thought to himself, no wonder Fifth Brother looked ecstatic and soul-stirred, could it be because he was called ’brother-in-law’ by Baobao’s sister?
When Dong Xinyuan arrived, Dong Huiying was not at home.
She sat on a stone by the river and pulled out a crumpled piece of paper from her sleeve. After unfolding it, she looked at the handwriting she had written herself, her nose tingled, and she tightly pressed her lips together, seemingly restraining a nearly unbearable sorrow inside her heart.
Footsteps approached from behind.
Dong Huiying was startled, quickly rolled up the paper, and hastily dabbed her eyes with her sleeve before standing up awkwardly and turning to face the complex-looking Liang Zhichen.
Liang Zhichen sighed, suddenly drew close to her, and took her hand that was holding the paper wad.
He said, "I saw everything."
She bit her lip, "I’m sorry..."
Zhichen appeared somewhat helpless, seeing some moisture in the corner of her eyes, he gently grabbed his sleeve and carefully wiped the corners of her eyes.
His movements were very gentle, as if he was afraid that the rough fabric might scratch her delicate skin.
He sighed softly and gently held her, locking one hand around her waist and the other at the back of her head, letting her bury her face in his chest.
"Your heart is too soft and too kind. I know you have always been thinking of us, just ... I saw it. There are names like Shujun, Yuanshu Pavilion, Yijun Workshop... Did you come up with these names for the shops?"